WTH?!?! Is this normal? (TI Jazz Flats)

I got my new set of TI Jazz flats for my Fender P yesterday. I put 'em on and set up my bass. It plays like butter now. Only one problem though.

The E string is twangy and weak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is not my first experience with flats, I know they can be zingy for the first couple weeks. The A, D, and G strings have no zing on them at all. The E string has no low end at all and is very twangy ?!?!?! The A and D strings sound AMAZING. I'm in love with the sound.

I remember reading something about the string might be "twisted" so I took it off and put it back on. No change.

Before I had the pu's on my P coming up in the middle like a steeple. The A and D sound so powerful compared to the E I've had to level out the pu under the D and G while the other pu is now the opposite of where it was. Lower under the A and raised under the E. It still doesn't sound right. It's not so much the E's twanginess that's bothering me. I know that'll go away. It's the lack of low end.

I got my new set of TI Jazz flats for my Fender P yesterday. I put 'em on and set up my bass. It plays like butter now. Only one problem though.

The E string is twangy and weak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! snip
Did I get a bad string?????

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You might have a bad E-string. I put TI Jazz Flats on a Fender Jazz, and it took some getting used to the softness of the TIs - I had to tweak the set-up also. They're great strings - well worth the effort of getting it right. Try changing the "E".

You might have a bad E-string. I put TI Jazz Flats on a Fender Jazz, and it took some getting used to the softness of the TIs - I had to tweak the set-up also. They're great strings - well worth the effort of getting it right. Try changing the "E".

Hope this helps -

- Wil

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I don't know what I should do. I bought the set from the Dudepit. I like the strings so much I'm not ready to give up on them. What's Steve's handle on TB? I wonder if he'll give me a replacement or atleast sell me a single. I recently got layed off and am too broke to buy another set.

If that doesn't work, maybe you can go to the company direct. I did that once when I got a bad set of Elixir strings. The store wasn't much help so I went direct to Elixir and they asked me to send the strings back and sent a replacement new set. You may have to wait, but there are strings worth waiting for and one set will last for many years.

I don't know what I should do. I bought the set from the Dudepit. I like the strings so much I'm not ready to give up on them. What's Steve's handle on TB? I wonder if he'll give me a replacement or at least sell me a single. I recently got layed off and am too broke to buy another set.

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Squidfinger, purchase a single E, you got a bad string, the core sounds like it may be broken which will cause the string to have no out put no matter how high you raise your pickup.

Don't get discouraged yet, we have all gone through this at one time or another and the problem has a solution.